My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 215: Raising Seedlings and Planting Crops in Spring

  The sound of the cannons did not stop all night on New Year's Eve, and it was only after four or five o'clock in the morning that the sound of the cannons gradually subsided.

   It was the first day of the new year.

   Before dawn, the little boys in the village went to Chen Ling's house to pay New Year's greetings.

   One by one, wearing new clothes and new padded jackets, jokingly called uncles and aunts, and stretched out their hands to the young couple to ask for the New Year's money.

  Wang Susu had prepared the change for a long time, and the amount was not large, just for a festive occasion, and every doll had a share.

  Of course, peanuts, melon seeds, and candy cubes are also placed prominently on the table. Whoever comes to the house to pay New Year's greetings will grab two for each person, and the pockets are full.

  Most of the candies in the house were toffee bought by Chen Ling, as well as sweet halva and fruit candies. Even Chen Yuqiang and other adults came over and reached out to the plate with a hippie smile.

   But these things are laid out for people to eat. Whoever grabs two more and less, the young couple don't care, and they will add more after they are finished.

   When the people who came to pay New Year's greetings were almost here, Chen Ling and Yu Qiang, Chen Ze and other gang went from house to house to pay New Year's greetings to the elders in the village. Wang Susu and his mother-in-law also visited the house to pay New Year's greetings.

   Men go together, women go together with children, this is also a potential rule, the family and relatives should come to the door to worship.

  Just like that, it was lively from the first to the fifth day of the new year.

  After the fifth day of the first month, people from Shiliba Village began to visit relatives.

   As for Chen Ling's family, the daughter-in-law doesn't have to go back to her parents' house for the Chinese New Year this year, and they don't have any relatives to leave, so they just stay at home.

   Until the 16th day of the first lunar month, when the temple fair was held in the county town, Liang Yuemin’s family of three came to play for a day. After lunch, they went to the temple fair for a stroll.

  On the twenty-fifth of the first lunar month, Han Chuang and his wife also came over on a motorcycle.

   After that, the taste of the New Year became less and less, and the festivity and excitement of the New Year gradually calmed down.

   The Spring Festival of 1995 passed like this, and a new year began.

  …

  The first month is over, and after entering February, the weather is getting warmer day by day, Chen Ling's farm has been rebuilt, and the primary school in the village has also reopened.

  Liunier, Xizi, Zhuwa, these little children, went back to the village from the county town to go to school.

   After all, compared with the county town, the tuition fees in the village are still cheaper, and parents do not need to pick up and drop off from school.

   As for Wang Zhenzhen, she stayed at home comfortably for more than a month during the Chinese New Year. On the fourth day of the second lunar month, Wang Qingwen and his wife sent her over.

The little girl took the first place last semester. The teacher knew that she was far away from home and would have to rest at home for a period of time during the Chinese New Year. The questions were completely searched by the teacher and printed for her at her own expense, for fear that she would be left behind in her studies.

   I have to say that at this time, teachers are still very responsible to students. For ordinary students, they are naturally more troublesome for good students who know how to make progress.

The little girl didn't let the teacher down. When she came back, she finished the paper completely, with few wrong questions. When Chen Ling went to pick her up, the teacher kept complimenting her, saying she was really smart, like this Academic grades, can learn English in advance.

   At this time, English can only be learned after entering junior high school, and even in the city, it must be learned in fifth grade.

  Wang Susu was very happy when she found out. She supervised her sister's studies every day at home.

   At the beginning, Wang Zhenzhen was a little proud. He studied honestly for a few days, but after a few days, he started to get bored and couldn't learn anything. I have been muttering all day, the weather is warm, the fish and shrimp are coming out, the birds are about to lay eggs, I really want to go out to play.

   "Fishing fish and catching birds is what a wild boy can do. You study hard at home. Next Sunday, I will take you to the market in Huangni Town. We will buy whatever you say."

  Chen Ling comforted her when she saw her lying on the table with a frowning face.

   "Really? Then I want to buy pens, crayons, and a stationery box, okay?"

   Wang Zhenzhen was instantly energized, and his spirit came immediately.

   In Huangni Town, she had heard from her brother-in-law a long time ago that there are many factories there, many rich people, and many delicious and fun foods.

   is no worse than Fengji, the county seat.

"I want a stationery box again. Didn't I just buy a new stationery box for you last year? It's still a three-tiered one, why should I buy it again this year?" Chen Ling remembered that he picked her up from school two days ago and saw her stationery box. , the love is very good, just like new.

   "It's for Mr. Zhang. The children of Mr. Zhang's family are learning to draw."

  “…”

   "Okay, I'll buy it for you."

  Chen Ling agreed as soon as she heard this. The little girl is grateful. The teacher in Fenglei Town was kind to her, and she remembered it. The teacher in the county town was kind to her, and she also remembered it.

Just like what Wang Cunye said, this girl doesn't look like a little wild horse running around all day, but she has her own ideas in her heart, and she can distinguish who is really good to her and who is not good to her. Also a sensible girl doll.

   "Hey, I still want to go to Teacher Zhang's house to attend the temple fair."

   Okay, so I was waiting here.

   "Okay, I'll let you go too, as long as you study hard at home, I'll take you there."

  …

   "A Ling, I have selected the seeds of the melons, can you take a look?"

  When Chen Ling was coaxing his sister-in-law, Wang Susu picked out the watermelon seeds, and selected those big and plump seeds to plant some watermelons on the hillsides and ditch around the orchard.

  If it grows well and bears a lot of melons, then take it to the county town to sell some, if the harvest is not good, it doesn't matter, just keep it at home.

   "Okay, it's good, I'm going to put it in Brother Xian's mushroom shed to germinate..."

   looked at the seeds in the small iron pot, turned it over twice with his hands, Chen Ling nodded and walked out.

   "You and Zhenzhen are at home. I'll go outside the village later and come back for lunch later."

"understood."

  …

  For melons growing on the mountain, due to the low temperature in the morning and evening, it is necessary to germinate and raise seedlings.

   First, let the watermelon seeds germinate in a warm place, and then plant the sprouted seeds. Fill the waste pig troughs, animal troughs, etc. with soil, you can do whatever you want, as long as the melon seedlings can grow well.

   After the melon seedlings grow up, the temperature in the field will not freeze the seedlings, and they can be transplanted into the selected melon fields.

After transplanting, wait for the melon seedlings to adapt to the soil of the melon field. If there is a lot of rain this spring, then you can save your worries and don’t have to worry about it. The vines will soon start to grow. During the vine-sucking period, they need sufficient water. Without water irrigation, they will not grow.

   "It's good to be rich, don't worry about it here, I'll call you over in a few days when the seedlings grow up."

  Wang Lixian took him to put the seeds in the warm soil greenhouse, and waved his hand, so that he didn't have to come over to worry about it.

   He tinkered with this stuff last year, and it can be said that he is familiar with the road, and he has ten acres of land. Compared with Chen Ling, this is too little, and it is a piece of cake for him.

   He also made a lot of money for growing mushrooms this year. He became more and more interested in this earthen greenhouse. He came here almost every day, and he was able to help Chen Ling take care of it.

   "Well, Brother Xian, how much trouble do you have to worry about, I have to go to the fields again." Chen Ling smiled, said a few words to Wang Lixian, and walked towards his farm.

The mushrooms in Wang Lixian's shed have long been sold out. After asking Chen Ling's opinion, he is thinking about trying to grow some vegetables this year. At present, the land is only divided into two parts. Cucumbers, tomatoes, leeks, garlic sprouts, whatever you eat often, can be grown.

   He will not grow watermelons this year.

   Being too busy is one point. Another feature of watermelon cultivation is that it is not possible to plant melons in the same field for two consecutive years, and the fertility of the land does not allow it.

   "Rich and noble come and walk around?"

   "Yeah, come and walk around, you're in such a hurry to pull the dung to the ground, come uncle Yun."

   "Haha, don't worry about the crops, this year's solar term is early, we are rushing to pull manure, look at it, there will be more people pulling manure in the next two days."

  Chen Ling glanced at it, and there were indeed many people in the distance pulling dung into the ground.

   Most of them are people who feed pigs and livestock in the village. They pull the livestock manure they have accumulated all winter into the wheat fields to fertilize the crops.

  Otherwise, after a period of time, the winter wheat will take off, and you can't just step into the wheat field.

   As for Wang Laiyun, the solar term is early.

   is due to the leap of August last year, a total of thirteen months have passed, which makes the normal solar terms in previous years move forward by one month.

  For example, Jing Zhe, in previous years, Jing Zhe normally falls on the second lunar month, and this year is in the first month.

   So this year's lunar February is much warmer than before.

   "Is your village almost ready?"

   "It's coming, it's almost a month away."

   "That's pretty fast. When it's built, let us visit."

   "It's hard to say, you can come and see it anytime."

   Talking nonsense with the villagers all the way, Chen Ling came to the farm at the foot of the mountain.

  The current farm has been built halfway, and it will basically be completed by the end of March.

   It is totally possible to move in before this summer.

   So Wang Susu has been busy for a while now, preparing to hatch chicks and ducklings, how big is the place on the farm, and this year, we need to hatch more and put them all here to raise them.

   As for the eggs and duck eggs, they were all bought by Chen Ling when he went to the market in the county town. The eggs laid by his own chickens and ducks are more expensive than ordinary eggs.

  Wang Susu was reluctant to use her own eggs and duck eggs to hatch the seedlings.

   "Old Gao, are you being lazy today, why doesn't it look like yesterday?"

The workers beside the wooden building and the bamboo building were all busy beating, Chen Ling walked over, looked at the wood, looked at the bamboo, then looked at the bluestone slabs on the ground, and the sawed pieces of wood and bamboo. He frowned suddenly, dissatisfied.

The foreman was startled: "Oh, your child is here to deceive us again. The stairs and the roof are too difficult to repair, but it doesn't look like they have changed. If you didn't insist on building the bamboo and wooden buildings, the end of the month It will be done for you."

   "Haha, I'm just kidding, take your time, quality is the most important thing."

  Chen Ling grinned and continued to look around.

  Wang Lixian has been neglecting to be a supervisor for him recently, and he spends most of the day here by himself.

   Although it was introduced by Zhao Dahai, he and these people are also acquaintances, but there are still things to pay attention to.

After    turned around, Chen Ling called two dogs and went to the west and north foot of the mountain for a stroll.

   Since the second month of the lunar calendar, the farm has been rebuilt, and the two Heiwa and Xiaojin have returned to their previous state. It is windy and rainy, and they are guarded unshakably. Strangers can't touch things, or they will be barking.

   This point, even the engineering team found it interesting, and they were amazed several times.

  The villagers have long been surprised, these two guys dared to fight with wolves, it is normal for them to be smarter than other dogs.

   "It's almost impossible to grow melons here."

   After walking around, Chen Ling shook his head secretly. It is better to grow melons in a place with enough light, but it is not a big problem. Anyway, he needs to use spiritual water to live again.

Then I went to the more than 10 acres of mountainous area under the hillside in the west to observe. This is the area of ​​the old tomb, but it belongs to the mass burial mound in the western half. , The heights are uneven, and there are also various miscellaneous trees, which are more gloomy, and basically no people come here.

   But since it was close to his own farm, Chen Ling took down a piece of flower purse attached to the old cemetery here. The engineering team happened to be there, and he also cut down the trees here a few days ago and roughly trimmed it.

   Wheat is planted here in the mass graves in the western half, and rapeseed is planted in the old burial grounds in the eastern half.

  Wang Susu felt that there was no need to wrap up this place at first, the current 30 acres of land was enough to toss.

But Chen Ling said that he doesn't spend a lot of money now, and there can't be mass graves and cemeteries outside his family's farm. Although the graves have been moved away, there's nothing wrong with them now, but they're just thrown here in such a messy way. Annoying.

   It's better to wrap it up and make it a place to grow food and vegetables at home.

  Wang Susu thought about it too, so it was all up to him.

   As for why watermelons are not planted in these places, it is because watermelons are too labor-intensive, and there are few people who can’t do their jobs.

  The family is not ready to make a fortune by growing watermelons.

   "Come here tomorrow to plow and prepare to plant wheat."

  Chen Ling rubbed his hands together, energy surged up.

  I thought to myself: After all, it’s better that the place is bigger and can be tossed about.

  Isn’t that right? With the orchard, he now has more than fifty acres of land.

  Although old tombs and mass graves are not good places, their fertility is not good, and they are difficult to clean up, but the important thing is that with a place, it is convenient and unconstrained to do anything in the future.

   Seeing that it was past noon, and the engineering team had dinner, Chen Ling put on his shovel and rushed home. He was still thinking about planting food in the first half of the year, and then planting some sunflowers in the second half of the year.

  When you look around, the hillside and the foot of the mountain are all golden, which must be spectacular and beautiful.

  After harvesting in autumn, it can also be sent to oil extraction.

He was planning happily when suddenly there was an exclamation in the distance, and he saw a donkey running diagonally from the wheat field in the southwest, and it was actually pulling the cart, scaring the little kids playing in the wheat field. The children, along with the villagers who were applying fertilizer, shouted in a panic, and they all ducked to the side.

   This is a donkey startled.

   Seeing the donkey cart rush over, although it is not rushing towards himself, but towards the slope, the farmland on the **** is filled with old people and children from the village, who often come to see the construction of the farm, and I don’t know if they can escape in time.

  Chen Ling gritted his teeth when he saw this, and when the donkey cart was rushing towards him, he took a shovel and poked at the wheel of the donkey cart...

I saw the rushing donkey cart, as if a wheel had hit a big rock, suddenly overturned from the side of the shovel. Angrily, he shouted "churn".

   "Fugui, Fugui, are you alright?" The villagers in the surrounding farmland ran over one after another.

   "Uncle Fugui, did it hurt you?"

   "I'm fine, but the donkey is probably in trouble." Chen Ling pointed to the donkey that fell on the ridge and screamed incessantly.

   "Oh, it's all to blame for the group of skin monkeys. I'll find their parents later..." Wang Lai stomped his feet with luck. This is Wang Laishun's brother, and he used Wang Laishun's donkey today.

   After listening to him talk about the cause and effect, everyone knew that it was a group of little boys who saw them pulling the dung out to fertilize the wheat fields, and ran over to set off firecrackers and play with the dung.

As a result, I played with it and felt boring, so I went to fry the fresh dung that the donkey had just pulled out. After frying it, I still felt that it was not enough. I don’t know who the doll had come up with. When I saw that the donkey was a big jackass, I used firecrackers. Go to fry donkeys and whip donkey eggs. I heard that when you fry this kind of place, donkeys will feces and pee. They think this is very funny.

   So one by one, they put firecrackers on sticks, went to fry donkey whips, and fried donkey eggs. They were laughing and laughing.

   If it wasn't for the donkey still pulling the car, it would be better to be in uniform, and it would not end well if it hit anyone today.

   In short, if something like this happens, it's better for a few bears.

   (end of this chapter)